Staci Hart is wowing readers with a new series I can't get enough of! Coming Up Roses is the first in the Bennet Brother's series, a spin off of the Austen Series! Prepare yourself for rom-com gold with the perfect dose of heartfelt longing and emotion! Don't miss out on this new release!
Coming Up Roses
Bennet Brothers #1
Staci Hart
Everyone hates parts of their job.
Maybe it’s the paperwork. Maybe it’s the day-to-day grind. Maybe it’s that client who never knows what they want, or the guy who always cooks fish in the microwave.
But not me. I love every corner of the Longbourne Flower Shop, every flower, every petal, every stem. I love the greenhouse, and I love Mrs. Bennet, my boss. I love creating, and I love being a florist. I don’t hate anything at all.
Except for Luke Bennet.
The Bennet brothers have come home to help their mom save the flower shop, and Luke is at the helm. His smile tells a tale of lust, loose and easy. He moves with the grace of a predator, feral and wild. A thing unbridled, without rules or constraint.
When he comes home to save Longbourne, I almost can’t be mad at him.
Almost.
He doesn’t remember that night I’ll never forget. That kiss, touched with whiskey and fire. It branded me like a red-hot iron. But it meant nothing to him.
Everyone hates part of their job, and I hate Luke Bennet.
Because if I don’t, I’ll fall in love with him.
My Review
I received an advanced copy of this book with the promise of an honest review.
Staci's world building ability is amazing and every time I start a new series of hers, it doesn't take long for me to fall in love with the characters. This time we are given the wonderful Bennet family. They own a flower shop that has been the family business for YEARS, but newer stores in the area have caused their business to struggle. So the whole Benet clan has come home to try to figure out how to save the family business.
Tess has worked at Longbourne Flower Shop for years and can't imagine working anywhere else. So when a plan is hatched to save the shop, she is totally on board. Even if that means working with her nemesis, Luke Bennet. Tess has built this image of Luke in head since she was a teenager and has no desire to think anything else. Then Tess and Luke start to work together and all that changes. Turns out he is nothing like she thought and it becomes harder and harder to resist the Bennet charm. So much swoon inducing charm! Seriously y'all....Luke is amazing book boyfriend material.
I love the fact that the majority of this book takes place in a flower shop. I love flowers and I don't think I've read a book in this setting. It allowed the author to paint these wonderful pictures that I wanted to see in real life! Now when I walk by a flower shop I can't help but think "Eh. That window display could be better."
I can't wait to read the rest of this series! We are introduced to the rest of the Bennet clan in this book and I am so intrigued by them all. They all couldn't be more different and I'm sure their stories will be just as entertaining as Luke's. And there is also a secondary character in this book that, thanks to how things played out, I know will be around in future books. But I have to wonder if that character will become an even more important character in the future. Only time will tell!
Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life -- a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can't forget that. She's also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She's been a wife, though she's certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She's also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she's been drinking whiskey. When she's not writing, she's reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.
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